Call of Cthulhu: Secrets of Los Angeles
(Chaosium, Inc.)

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The City of Angels . . . No burg this side of the Pearly Gates could live up to such a moniker, and L.A. isn't even trying. No, you won't see many inhabitants of that sprawling boomtown sprouting downy wings or signing up for the Celestial Choir. Sure, L.A. has more than its share of evangelists, faith healers, and political do-gooders, but when your economy is built on black gold, land speculation, the Hollywood dream factory, and the sweat of migrant workers, it attracts a lot more than just the saintly. The fresh-faced, scrubbed-clean, Midwest wholesomeness they plaster all over the real estate ads don't tell the story. You can't have sunshine without casting shadows, and one thing L.A. has in spades is sunshine . . .

Los Angeles in the 1920's is a fast-growing, fast-moving city encompassing all that is great and all that is rotten in America. This racial, ethnic, and religious melting pot presages what the country will become by the end of the century. Celebrated movie stars work and play before the eyes of the world. Rum-runners and racketeers ply their trade, hand-in-hand with crooked cops and two-faced politicians.

Secrets of Los Angeles is an informative resource for keepers should the trail of a mystery lead their investigators to the Southland, or to base a Call of Cthulhu campaign there. Contained herein are facts, legends, and rumors of the people, places, and events that made 1920's Los Angeles the exciting place it was. The information presented varies from trivia that investigators would know when first stepping off the train to secrets known only to the highest echelons of alien cults. The keeper decides which is which and what lies between.

Written by Peter Aperlo.

192 pages
Stock #CHA23111 * ISBN 9781568822136 * $25.00

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